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Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing 11th Edition Test Bank
Chapter 1 : Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is planning a teaching session to adolescents about deaths by unintentional injuries. Which should the nurse include in the session with regard to deaths caused by injuries?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The majority of deaths from unintentional injuries occur in males. The pattern of death does vary greatly among different ethnic groups, and the causes of unintentional deaths vary with age and gender.
Question 2 of 5
What do mortality statistics describe?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Mortality statistics refer to the number of individuals who have died over a specific period. Morbidity statistics show the prevalence of specific illness in the population at a particular time. Data regarding disease within a geographic region, or in greater than expected numbers in a community, may be extrapolated from analyzing the morbidity statistics.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse should assess which age group for suicide ideation since suicide in which age group is the third leading cause of death?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Suicide is the third leading cause of death in children ages 10 to 19 years; therefore, the age group should be late school age and adolescents. Suicide is not one of the leading causes of death for preschool and young or middle school-aged children.
Question 4 of 5
Parents of a hospitalized toddler ask the nurse, What is meant by family-centered care? The nurse should respond with which statement?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The three key components of family-centered care are respect, collaboration, and support. Family-centered care recognizes the family as the constant in the childs life. The family should be enabled and empowered to work with the health care system and is expected to be part of the decision-making process. The nurse should also support the familys cultural diversity, not reduce its effect.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is describing clinical reasoning to a group of nursing students. Which is most descriptive of clinical reasoning?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Clinical reasoning is a complex developmental process based on rational and deliberate thought. When thinking is clear, precise, accurate, relevant, consistent, and fair, a logical connection develops between the elements of thought and the problem at hand.